Edward Hirsch I

Poetry

Interviewed by: Angela Elam

Catalog Number(s): 20190405, 20170428

Interview Year(s): 2016

Edward Hirsch is a poet and “MacArthur genius” who heads up the prestigious Guggenheim Foundation and was the editor of The Best American Poetry 2016. In the first part of this interview, he talks about editing that anthology and his book for readers called A Poet’s Glossary. He also reads from his book The Living Fire: New and Selected Poems.